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INSIDE THE ISSUE APRIL 2021

FEATURES 12 Play Spaces for All How Legacy Parks Foundation Makes Knoxville Greener

20 All Hands On Deck Shouldering the Responsibility of Cleaning Up Tennessee Waterways

22 Combat Veteran Takes to the Soil Redefining Landscaping with Appalachian Grit

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32 Hot Cross Buns With Karen Zorio A Quick History and Recipe for This Easter Treat

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GIVING BACK

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The Baker Creek Play Forest was created with funding from the Trinity Health Foundation to encourage increased physical activity among middle school-aged kids.

HOW LEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION MAKES KNOXVILLE GREENER

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PL AY S PAC E S F OR A L L

ARTICLE JENNIE TREADWAY-MILLER PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF LEGACY PARKS FOUNDATION

Carly Pearson with Carol Evans at Sharp's Ridge Adaptive Trail construction

Sharp's Ridge adaptive trail is an all-access trail that allows users with disabilities to get out and play in the woods.

THE BULK OF CAROL EVANS’ CAREER HAS BEEN

the real value of small urban spaces. There were other

IN COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING FOR

nonprofits, like the Nature Conservancy and Land Trust

MYRIAD KNOXVILLE MAINSTAYS - THE LADY VOLS,

for Tennessee, but they focused on large spaces. We

KNOXVILLE CHAMBER, SCRIPPS NETWORKS - BUT

discovered that 12 acres near your home were just as

IT WAS HER ROLE ON THE COUNTY PARKS ADVI-

important as 120 acres near the national park.”

SORY BOARD THAT SET THE BALL IN MOTION FOR

Carol notes that Legacy Parks doesn’t have a five-year

ONE OF HER BIGGEST ENDEAVORS TO DATE. The

plan, but that’s because they never know what’s around

Legacy Parks Board was born out of that role and mor-

the corner. Donated land doesn’t arrive on anyone’s

phed into a job that Carol calls, “obnoxiously fun.”

schedule, and the process of buying an acre of remnant

“I’ve been the Executive Director here since 2007, and I

land in South Knoxville to turn it into a playground might

was probably an average outdoors person. I sure wasn’t hard

take longer than expected. When donated land or a

core, but I liked being outside and active. I still find it exciting.

potential buy comes their way, the process begins with

A lot of what we do is telling a story. It sure wasn’t my plant

deciding whether or not the land has public use. They

knowledge that brought me here,” says Carol, laughing.

look at whether or not it can be connected to another

The mission of the Legacy Parks Foundation is simple - make the best use out of unused, underdeveloped land

park, or how accessible it might be, or if that’s the perfect location for a new play space.

in and around Knoxville. The Urban Wilderness is likely

“Sometimes we find land and ask people, if the

the foundation’s best-known initiative, and it came about

opportunity arises, which just happened last week.

because a group of people got together and asked a good

There are a few acres in South Knoxville and I tracked

first question: How do we take advantage of this land that

someone down on Facebook about it. We’re very

doesn’t seem to have value? Once they started looking at

open - we’re a nonprofit, so we just ask. There’s no

spaces through a creative lens, the options opened up.

bartering,” says Carol. “But we also get the other sce-

“Parks are never well-funded, so there were opportu-

nario- farms or personal property that people want to

nities to be strategic. We got traction on being a partner

see developed but not for a business. That’s the issue.

with the city and county. There was always a great collab-

There’s a generational shift and kids don’t want the

oration to do things,” says Carol. “We fell into discovering

land. If it can be conserved, we want to conserve it.”

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GIVING BACK (CONTINUED) The view of McBee Bridge on the Holston River from the McBee Ferry Landing property in Autumn

and develop Collier Preserve, a 12-acre nature park donated in 2017 by Dr. Bob and Louise Collier. In February 2021, 42 trees were planted in Collier Preserve thanks to an Urban Trees Grant from Trees Knoxville. “We don’t have a space requirement,” says Carol. “Our first donation was an acre in Fountain City, and that allowed for the Fountain City Skatepark to be built. We do look at what can it be and what it should be, and what it might look like long-term. Ninety percent of what we do has interest in being public land.” As a nonprofit with only a few employees, Legacy

On top of keeping an eye out for undeveloped land, Carol continues

Parks relies on donations (physical and monetary),

to spotlight the benefits of green spaces for every citizen, particularly in

endowments, and fundraising. It also relies on the

a time when outdoor accessibility is invaluable.

continued cooperation of the Legacy Parks Board,

“A park near your home matters. We talked about being an outdoor

which is made up of more than 20 business people

town, and the Urban Wilderness put us on the map for being an outdoor

with varied resumes, from realtors and builders to

town. That is an asset. Tourism gets it. The Chamber gets it. I don’t have

bankers and lawyers. Each board member brings a

to make that case anymore. But then a pandemic hits, and now we’re so

personal and professional perspective to achieving

grateful for outdoor spaces,” says Carol. “The flipside is we’re wanting

the foundation’s mission.

to hand off land and we have to be mindful that we have the easy part.”

“The board is a huge strength,” says Carol. “It’s

Once the land is transitioned to public space and open for public use,

not people in other nonprofits. It’s people who had

the newly transformed park is passed on to the city, county, or state for

different skills to bring. They are very clear on what

long-term management.

we should do. We may not always succeed, but they are assertive on what our role should be.”

“It’s important we tell our elected officials that we like our parks. We have 225 parks here. It’s a shared value. It doesn’t happen by accident, and it

One of the current areas of interest is creating

doesn’t happen without funding,” says Carol. “It’s a great return, which we

more adaptive spaces in and around Knoxville. In fact,

all learned last year. To be able to be outside and let your kids and dogs run

Legacy Parks just opened the first adaptive trail at

around, and be safe? We are fortunate. We are lucky to live here.”

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THE FOLLOWING IMAGES WERE SHARED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WITH THE KNOXVILLE HISTORY PROJECT AS PART OF AN ONGOING EFFORT TO EXPAND WHAT WE KNOW VISUALLY ABOUT THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE CITY.

1. TOURS OF THE SMOKY MOUNTAINS MAGAZINE Once the Great Smoky Mountains National Park opened in the 1930s, the lure of the great outdoors was appealing to everyone. As the tourist industry began to grow, magazines and pamphlets such as this one not only showcased the splendor of the mountains, but also advertised hotels and restaurants. As can see here, with the dedication of the Henley Street Bridge in 1932, Knoxville life was also covered in the pages. In this issue, you can see what was playing at the Bijou Theatre (The Peruchi Players appearing in a “Grand Old Rustic Comedy with Plenty of Romance”), an illustrated round-up of the Tennessee Vols vs. Mississippi at ShieldsWatkins Field, and the schedule at the Union Bus Terminal on Gay Street at Wall Avenue. Shared by Paul James.

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PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE KNOXVILLE HISTORY PROJECT

Chilhowee Park

CHILHOWEE PARK

After it was completed in the late 1800s, Chilhowee Park immediately drew thousands of people from across Knoxville to escape city life for a while and enjoy the calming influence of the greenspace. Many arrived there on the Magnolia Avenue streetcar. Today, the shallow lake at Chilhowee Park is just a remnant of the once expansive Lake Ottosee that day trippers used for boating, and during the Appalachian Expositions of 1910 and 1911. They also enjoyed other watersports including water baseball. Shared by Alec Riedl.

Brockway Crouch

3. BROCKWAY CROUCH Professional florist Brockway Crouch was an inventor who created his own springloaded candelabras for weddings and social events around Knoxville. He was also a noted dog breeder and a birding enthusiast serving as a founding member of the Knoxville Bird Club, which is still active today. Crouch explored the Smoky Mountains frequently to explore the peaks and valleys, and also to blaze trails in the 1920s before the Smokies became an official national park. Passionate about birds and animals, Crouch often went to great lengths to find and photograph birds such as these Peregrine Falcon nestlings he found in a nest near Alum Cave on Mt. Le Conte.

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Circle Park

CIRCLE PARK

It’s hard today to imagine that UT’s Circle Park,

where the Volunteer Statue stands, was once a residential neighborhood featuring large Victorian homes on comfortable lots. First known simply as “The Circle” it served as the city’s first park as early as 1885, attracting folks for picnics and pick-up games. On the site of these homes today is the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, open to the public since 1961, and the UT Communications building. Shared by Adrienne Webster from the Lib Cooper Knoxville Postcard Collection.

5. KNOXVILLE LIVES Each year, we research and produce a new story collection about Knoxvillians of the past. These people often have little in common except that they interacted with this city at pivotal times. The first two volumes, Knoxville Lives I and II, include biographical narratives on Tennessee Williams’ extended family and their times here; Isaac Gammon, one of the first elected Black city councilmen in the United States; Professor Ijams, who brought the Tennessee School for the Deaf back to prominence after the Civil War; the city’s first female stenographer, Alice Williams; internationally renowned artist Beauford Delaney’s time in Knoxville; and the life and times here during the Roaring Twenties.

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SHOULDERING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CLEANING UP TENNESSEE WATERWAYS ARTICLE JENNIE TREADWAY-MILLER

ALLEN GILLESPIE IS NO STRANGER TO THE WATER. He grew

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up at the end of a dead-end street with a patch of woods separating

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him from the river. From an early age, he was traipsing down to the

access to some places and too much access

water’s edge to throw in a line.

to others, lack of funds to support amenities

By the time he was 13 years old, he’d worked enough odd jobs, and learned how to multiply his money through investment lessons at Webb, that he was able to buy himself a boat. “That initiated this love of fishing and the outdoors - backpacking, hunting, fishing - it was a big part of my life,” he says.

and facilities on waterways, and water quality issues, particularly around marinas. Also on the list of concerns is a lack of “water user education and conservation-minded stewardship.”

After graduating from the University of Tennessee, Allen embarked

Allen believes that the more people who

on a worldwide adventure, traveling through Europe and Africa, and

use the waters, particularly as anglers, the

returning to graduate school to study anthropology. Off he went

more people will see the ongoing pollu-

again to places such as Bolivia, Indonesia, and New Zealand. When

tion problem and start working actively

he wasn’t working, Allen was fishing and exploring the land.

to solve it. For example, the Beaver Creek

When he realized he needed to put down firmer roots, coming

Kayak Club has a consistently growing

home to East Tennessee was the obvious choice. Then, in 2011, Allen

number of participants, but part of their

decided to put his money where his passion was and take a chance

passion involves regular clean-ups in the

on opening a fly shop - 3 Rivers Angler.

watershed to promote preservation.

As passionate as Allen is about fishing, he is equally concerned about the health of Tennessee’s waterways. “When you think of the cultural norms in East Tennessee, a lot of those involve using waterways as dumping grounds, includ-

Water quality in Tennessee is directly connected to the significant economic impact of water-based recreation and tourism, and Allen wants this fact known.

ing industrial waste. You can look at it on grand scales and finite

“We’re just starting to scratch the surface

scales,” he says. “We’ve gotten better about regulating waterways

on how to use these waterways. We want

on a macro level, but what we haven’t necessarily addressed is the

to grow users, which grows tourism and

cultural tradition. Every year there’s a clean-up on the Clinch River

the economy,” he says. “Collectively, native

and they’re pulling 400, 500 tires out of the water.”

Knoxvillians have two edges to the scruffy

In recent years, the health of Tennessee’s creeks and streams have

moniker. We want to be true to our roots, but

been a concern, not just for the health of fish and aquatic life but also

we have the opportunity to punch above our

for human safety. Some of the top challenges noted in the 2018 report

heads. We have to go to work.”

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JIM ARTMAN HAD JUST FINISHED EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS SERVING IN THE MILITARY - INCLUDING A COUPLE OF TOURS IN IRAQ AND AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT SNIPER SCHOOL - WHEN HE ENDED UP BACK HOME IN OHIO WONDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THE NEXT PHASE OF HIS LIFE. He had always been interested in the natural world, and he was a good teacher, so he enrolled in school and started studying molecular biology. He got into mushroom hunting and reading books by Paul Stamets, a mycologist and fellow Ohioan. “[Paul] laid out this vision for how you can use fungi in a closedloop system, and I got completely enamored. It made so much sense to me, and I wondered why we weren’t doing this everywhere,” says Jim. “It all sounded wonderful - having land, living off the land, and teaching other people how to do it.” Jim jumped deeper into the study of how food supplies are grown and distributed. He learned how closed-loop agriculture recycles nutrients and promotes sustainability. He dove into clinical nutrition. He started meditating and practicing yoga - hot yoga, no less. Soon, his body was showing signs of healing in ways he didn’t realize he needed.

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“I’d been struggling with PTSD, which doesn’t hit right away. It took me a while to implement all of this into my life, but once I did, there was a dramatic transformation. Instead of being afraid and being so depressed, years of that, I was fine again,” says Jim. “I started doing a lot of consulting and working with other veterans, and thinking about what makes it so difficult for people to make those kinds of changes. What I identified is that people’s relationship with food is a problem.” Jim moved to Knoxville six years ago and got to work building Appalachian Grit, an eco-landscaping company that digs a lot deeper than knowing what plants pair well together in a shady spot in the yard. Jim and his team help homeowners and businesses with soil testing, planning and managing fruit orchards, building productive stormwater management systems, erosion control, mushroom cultivation, native plant selection and integration, nontoxic pest management, and so much more. Some of his newer projects include building ecologically-informed edible landscapes and green roof installation, which is exactly what it sounds like. “You can do a green roof installation several ways. You can plant a seeded lawn that will capture rainwater and reduce the heat island effect. You can plant bushes and start to incorporate shrubs and native grasses, all the way up to having full rooftop gardens with vegetables,” says Jim. One of Jim’s primary missions through Appalachian Grit is to create spaces for permaculture - a systems-thinking approach for food production and an ecosystem that takes care of itself. “Permaculture literally means permanent agriculture. It doesn’t require constant interaction. If you look up at the mountains and see all of those trees growing and thriving, you can create a food system that does the same thing. No one is up there watering those trees,” says Jim. “We can build a system with a habitat and ecosystem with

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human outcomes, a system that begins to take care of itself and doesn’t rely on you to irrigate it or fertilize it.” By planting things that bring in pollinators to an area and using organic matter to plant everything, they can replicate nature and get residential and business landscapes working for themselves. Part of the reason people aren’t already doing this is because they don’t realize how many edible plants would thrive in East Tennessee. “We’re putting in blueberry bushes and plum trees right now. I could list 150 species of food natives, things that are familiar to us but also have food on them. All of this stuff supports human health but also our planet and animal health,” says Jim. Conventional agriculture plays a significant role in what plants and products are available to consumers, but Jim endeavors to help people look beyond what’s sold at big box stores, or even local nurseries. It really is all about supply and demand. “We’ve been taught that you have to use Miracle-Gro to make your garden work, but that’s not true,” he says. “It’s about putting the forethought into understanding how a garden can work. “I truly believe that taking care of yourself includes healthy food,” Jim continues. “If I could surround people with food and nature and help shift their awareness on how it relates to their life, then after five or 10 years of doing this, it could reshape the landscape of our whole city.” Learn more at AppalachianGrit.com

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INVESTING IS ONE PART OF WEALTH BUILDING

M O

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME

way to wealth suddenly seems more possible than it ever has. This has led to a dicey resurgence of day trading and the most mentions of GameStop in a long, long time. Saying it’s difficult to invest your way to wealth is an understatement. Chances are a stint as a day trader on Robinhood won’t result in you becoming wealthy overnight or within the next five years. It’s true that, despite advancements in and increased accessibility to financial technology, the get-rich-quick path is unlikely to take you I STARTED REGULARLY RECYCLING WHEN I WAS IN COLLEGE.

any farther than it’s taken others in the past. The time-tested, less

Every Sunday morning, I would drive my old sedan, functioning as a

complex path to wealth requires you to consistently save money and

makeshift garbage truck, to a local recycling center. Into the center’s

live within your means. In fact, doing this results in you having dis-

massive bins would go anything I had that was paper, plastic, glass,

cretionary income, income you can use to invest.

or aluminum. An empty cardboard pizza box from Friday night?

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Recycled. A used plastic peanut butter jar from when I needed

Investing is a critical piece of any financial plan, but it’s not the

something quick and easy for lunch? Recycled. Crushed aluminum

only piece or the most important piece. The success of any plan is

soda cans from late nights in the library? Recycled.

reliant on your propensity to be a good steward of your money, not

When I started encouraging my friends and family to do the same, I was repeatedly asked the same question: “Is this recycla-

“hit it big” in the market. My advice is to save more, spend less, then invest. Don’t forget to reduce, reuse, and recycle while you’re at it.

ble?” Instead of answering it again and again, I decided to find an exhaustive list of recyclable items online that I could send to them.

The opinions expressed are those of PYAW’s Investment Team. The

Through my research, I discovered much of what I had been recy-

opinions referenced are as of the date of publication and are subject

cling wasn’t actually usable by the processing facility and was

to change due to changes in the market or economic conditions and

ultimately sent to a landfill. I hadn’t known that pizza boxes can’t

may not necessarily come to pass. Forward looking statements can-

be recycled because the grease makes the cardboard unsalvage-

not be guaranteed.

able or that plastic peanut butter jars are only recyclable if they’ve

PYA Waltman Capital, LLC (“PYAW”) is an investment adviser regis-

been thoroughly rinsed and are free of all remnants.

tered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Registration

The more research I did, the more I thought my weekly trips to the

does not imply a certain level of skill or training. More information

recycling center might have been for nothing, and I began paying

about PYAW’s investment advisory services can be found in its Form

too much attention to the items I was recycling and the condition

ADV Part 2, which is available upon request. PYA-21-09

of those items. This made the process tedious and complicated, so much so that I almost quit recycling entirely. (Let’s just say I spent more time than I’m willing to admit trying to fit my hand inside peanut butter jars to clean them.) I had deviated so far from “Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.” and forgotten that it’s all right that every item I use can’t and won’t be recycled. I had convoluted what should be a simple act. We do this in personal finance, too. Over the past few years, it’s become easier and easier to invest your money. There are numerous trading platforms offering trading fees at their lowest levels in history. Expensive stocks can be cheaply owned through fractional shares. The idea that you can invest your

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Hot Cross Buns with Karen Zorio

WITH EASTER TAKING PLACE THE FIRST WEEKEND OF THIS MONTH, I WANTED TO FEATURE AN EASTER TREAT, “HOT CROSS BUNS.” I asked Karen Zorio to share with us the history of this food and how to make them. 1. WHAT ARE HOT CROSS BUNS? They are little sweet buns, not a cinnamon roll, but they have spices. The icing cross design on the top represents the crucifixion of Jesus. The spices used inside of the rolls represent the spices used to entomb Jesus on his burial. 2. WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF HOT CROSS BUNS? Their origin is the United Kingdom. They date back to the 12th century when monks would make these and give them out to the poor on Easter Week and mark the end of the Lent season, which typically lands on Good Friday. They have become a tradition in many countries and are now popular around the world. For those observing Easter, they are a tradition usually eaten on Good Friday.

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3. WHAT ARE THE INGREDIENTS THAT YOU USE?

into 12 equal pieces, and put them in a greased 9x12

+ 3/4 cup warm water (110 degrees)

glass dish. Take an egg yolk whipped with a teaspoon

+ 3/4 cup sugar

of water and brush the tops of the rolls with a pastry

+ 3 T butter

brush. Let the buns rise another hour or so in a quiet

+ 2 T of dried yeast

place away from drafts. When they've double in size,

+ 1/2 tsp salt

bake them in a hot oven at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.

+ 1 tsp cardamon

Remove them immediately and cool on a wire rack for

+ 1 tsp ground cinnamon

an hour. Next, whip ingredients for the icing and place

+ 3 cups plain flour

them in a pastry bag or zip lock bag (with the corner

+ 1 T milk

cut). Create a cross design on the cooled buns.

+ 1 beaten egg

Karen Zorio retired in 2014 from her bakery Something

+ 1 T oil

Savory. Since retirement, she has been working as a per-

+ 1/2 cup dried fruit (diced small)

sonal chef for a local family. Karen is a seasoned baker, a

+ Dried fruit typically used are lemon peel, orange

joyful person, and the one to ask for birthday cakes, spe-

peel, apricots, golden raisins, currants, or dried cherry.

cial treats, and meals. She and her husband, Mike, make

Karen uses currants.

their home in Maryville where they enjoy supporting their

Icing:

community and delight in their grandchildren. She claims

+ 1/2 cup powdered sugar

that she is retired, but she still enjoys making foods for

+ 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

other people to enjoy. Karen can be reached by email at

+ 1 T milk or heavy cream

KarenZorio@gmail.com.

4. HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM?

Join Amy Campbell-Rochelson weekly at “The Ten-

Put everything in a mixer all at once and mix for 5

nessee Farm Table Podcast & Broadcast” for stories of

minutes. Then, cover with a dry towel and let the dough

Food, Farming, and Folklore. Listen on your schedule by

rise in a warm spot for about an hour until doubled

podcast at TennesseeFarmTable.com or by radio Sat-

in size. Punch down the dough, roll it into a log, cut it

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“ T h e y d at e b a c k t o t h e 1 2 t h c e n t u r y when monks would make these and give them out to the poor on Easter week and mark the end of the Lent season t h at t y p i c a l ly l a n d s o n G o o d F r i d ay.”

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ARTICLE JULIE D. EISENHOWER, ESQ.

E S TAT E PLANNING SPRING IS TRADITIONALLY A TIME FOR CLEANING AND ORGANIZING OUR HOMES. Reviewing and organizing our estate plan is one of the critical steps we should take to make sure that our financial home is in order: 1. REVIEW YOUR EXISTING ESTATE PLAN + Review your existing plan documents in light of any new events that have occurred over the previous year. Milestone moments are great times to ask your attorney to review your estate plan to make sure that the plan continues to capture your intention and reflects your lifestyle. + Perhaps it is time to consider consulting with an attorney to determine if estate planning is needed. Maybe you recently married, welcomed a new baby, or are caring for an ailing parent.

Julie D. Eisenhower, Attorney/ Appellate Counsel, TriAmicus Law

Transitional moments trigger the evaluation of whether an estate plan is needed. 2. CREATE A LIFE MANUAL

+ Estate planning isn’t just a will. Estate planning includes liv-

uments into what I like to call a “Life Manual.” This

ing trust documents or beneficiary designations for life insurance

manual should include estate planning documents;

policies or retirement accounts.

vital record documents such as a birth certificate,

+ Review these documents with professionals to determine if

marriage certificate, social security number cards,

these documents reflect your intentions and current lifestyle. Speak

etc. Any important documents that an executor or

to a financial planner, insurance agent, accountant, and attorney

surviving spouse would need to refer in order to

regarding these documents and whether changes are needed.

settle your estate should go into your Life Manual.

Please consider adding reviewing and updating your estate

+ Review your Manual at tax time to make sure

planning documents to your spring cleaning task list so you can

if updates or changes are needed.

3. ESTATE PLANNING ISN’T JUST A WILL

+ Consider organizing your estate planning doc-

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